Most other screenwriting books are a perplexing mishmash of loose concepts and complicated systems that can be difficult to understand at best and can obscure and confuse your story at worst. The Coffee Break Screenwriter is the most accessible, practical and usable guide to screenwriting out there. Filled with useful tips, tools and exercises, this book will get you writing. It will help you flesh out your ideas from concept to finished script and even has advice for what to do once you've typed fade out. Do yourself a favor and pick this up, you won't regret it. Pilar Alessandra is a little better than the best.